tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post1519934002284415361..comments2015-01-11T07:15:50.939-05:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: PODCAST: The Brooklyn BridgeThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-61064438783648983762008-09-05T03:37:00.000-04:002008-09-05T03:37:00.000-04:00that thing about the sunken caissons has always bo...that thing about the sunken caissons has always bothered me a little. the bridge is supported by these enormous stone towers, but the towers don't stand on rock, they stand on wood, right? i mean, they don't exactly take the caisson out from under the stone blocks when they're done digging, do they?<BR/><BR/>so what happens if the wood rots away? does the bridge settle? evenly? the wood is still down there, isn't it.<BR/><BR/>i'm just saying.<BR/><BR/>great blog. i love you guys. i left ny so long ago, but now it;s as if i'm still there, walking the streets alone at night, looking back into the past.andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634103554458443715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-10855550383701710902008-05-22T11:06:00.000-04:002008-05-22T11:06:00.000-04:00Don't know how you do it but you make my day nearl...Don't know how you do it but you make my day nearly every day. Thanks.Nuns Having Fun Growing Up Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583640882994956362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-80139923592884533072008-01-12T18:51:00.000-05:002008-01-12T18:51:00.000-05:00Yay you're back!!!!:^DYay you're back!!!!<BR/><BR/>:^Dslutbunwallahttp://slutbunwalla.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-45228500518867296822008-01-11T19:58:00.000-05:002008-01-11T19:58:00.000-05:00Amazing the foresight they had to make it big enou...Amazing the foresight they had to make it big enough so that it would be operable in present day.guestofaguesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249158313349668134noreply@blogger.com